lots of changes
diff --git a/includes/openbmc.h b/includes/openbmc.h
index e9d17b8..fa65e0e 100644
--- a/includes/openbmc.h
+++ b/includes/openbmc.h
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 #define GET_VARIANT(v)         g_variant_get_variant(v) 
 #define GET_VARIANT_D(v)       g_variant_get_double(g_variant_get_variant(v))
 #define GET_VARIANT_U(v)       g_variant_get_uint32(g_variant_get_variant(v))
+#define GET_VARIANT_B(v)       g_variant_get_byte(g_variant_get_variant(v))
 #define NEW_VARIANT_D(v)       g_variant_new_variant(g_variant_new_double(v)) 
 #define NEW_VARIANT_U(v)       g_variant_new_variant(g_variant_new_uint32(v)) 
+#define NEW_VARIANT_B(v)       g_variant_new_variant(g_variant_new_byte(v)) 
 #define VARIANT_COMPARE(x,y)   g_variant_compare(GET_VARIANT(x),GET_VARIANT(y))